Dr Ramachandran said that the patient, a businessman from Chandni Chowk, was a known patient and he had operated upon him thrice in the past since 1989.
"He was operated for gall bladder removal, appendicitis and incisional hernia. He had diabetes. We were shocked when gold biscuits came out of his abdomen during the operation... But I am at least happy that I could save his life. If it would have stayed inside for couple of more days, it would have led to severe bleeding, rapture of the intestine, and septicemia. Moreover, he had severe diabetes," said the doctor.
According to hospital sources, the man had swallowed the 12 gold biscuits, worth approximately Rs12 lakhs in all, to smuggle them into the country from Singapore 10 days ago.
He landed in trouble when he failed to get it out through his stool. It eventually started hurting him because of which he approached the doctors.
